Stephenson:Neal:The Confusion:681:after we had installed Mr. Foot as Sultan (PaulJ)

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From "Cryptonomicon" (page 316 of the paperback):

"...The basic vision (or so it seems at first) is that Kinakuta has always been a crossroads, a meeting-place of cultures: the original Malays, Foote and his dynasty of White Sultans..."

Also, the most luxurious hotel in Kinakuta was called “Foote Mansion.” Its bar was called the “Bomb and Grapnel” and had a pirate theme with authentic cannon (page 213 of the largesized UK trade paperback).